Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Oct. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires: From Harman Melville to Patricia Highsmith

Local author, Bernard A. Drew, will be available to sign copies of book

The Massachusetts Berkshires have long been a mecca for literary greats from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis and Joan Ackermann. The Green River in Great Barrington inspired William Cullen Bryant’s poetry. Charles Pierce Burton’s childhood hometown, Adams, became the setting for his frolicking Boys of Bob’s Hill juvenile books. During an interlude in Lenox, Patricia Highsmith consulted a local undertaker for details to use in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Bernard A. Drew brings together a fascinating chronicle of some 250 wordsmiths who took inspiration from the hills and valleys of the Berkshires.

About the Author:

Bernard A. Drew of Great Barrington is a longtime weekly newspaper reporter and editor. He is a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle and the Lakeville Journal. His more than fifty published books include scholarly references and Berkshire County histories. He is an avid reader and collector of anecdotes about local authors.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

555 Hubbard Ave.

Pittsfield, MA 01201

When:  Saturday, October 17th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467122894/South-River).

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